Legal Opinion
Advest, Inc. v. Wachtel
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided December 19, 1995No. 15090PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBerdon, J.
The dispositive issue in this appeal is whether the trial court abused its discretion by refusing permanently to enjoin a party from pursuing arbitration in New York on the ground that there was a final personal judgment in Connecticut on the same claim in favor of the other party. More specifically, we must determine whether a judgment based upon an action barred by the statute of limitations in Connecticut is final on the merits so as to preclude, under the principles of res judicata, an action based upon the same claim in another jurisdiction in which the period of limitations had not yet…
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